Helvig of Denmark (fl. 1350s)
Helvig of Denmark (fl. 1350s)
Queen of Denmark. Name variations: Heilwig Ericsdottir; Helvig of Slesvig or Schleswig. Flourished in the 1350s; died around 1374; daughter of Erik, duke of Schleswig, and Adelheid of Holstein ; sister of Valdemar or Waldemar III, duke of Schleswig; married Valdemar IV also known as Waldemar IV Atterdag, king of Denmark (r. 1340–1375), in June 1340; children: Margaret I (1353–1412), queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden; Ingeborg (1347–1370, who married Henry of Mecklenburg); Christof (1344–1363), duke of Laaland; Margaret (1345–1350); Katherina Valdemarsdottir (b.1349); Waldemar (b. 1350).
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